1652 Massachusetts Pine Tree Threepence and more from virgin 1660 homesite!

[oxbowbarefoot]

What an incredible day at a 1660 virgin homesite in Massachusetts! My first find was a huge Brown Bess musket ball. Nice way to get the day started. My next target was the best find of the day, and one of my best finds ever, a 1652 Pine Tree Threepence! It's either a Noe 36 or a Noe 37 variety. Unfortunately the tree side is tough to make a definitive call. Either way, it's well over a $1000 coin��. Then came a sweet George I Farthing. Next find was an Abraham Lincoln related thing, not sure what it is yet. Right next to that was a colonial gold broach. After an early ox knob and a a bale seal came a great goulcher lock or dog lock off a musket or rifle. All in all, a fantastic day!

Thank you Dr. R.M. Gramly for the tip on the location!

Updates:
The Pine Tree Threepence is a Noe 36/Salmon 2-B, Rarity 4, only 75-200 known!
The "dog lock" was actually just part of an old cap gun, darn!
The Lincoln item is a ferrotype campaign button from the 1860 election

 

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[Army of 1]

Killer finds , a great day detecting , congrats .. cheers Mick

 

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[prospexican]

Wowww! That's a super lucky moment

 

[Iron Patch]

I agree 100%. If I was to spend $1000+ on a coin, I'd want to be darn sure I knew what I was buying. Hopefully these two pictures will help everyone see enough detail. Notice there is no doubling of the letters as there is on the re-engraved Noe 37, Salmon 2a-B.
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Great shots. There's certainly nothing wrong with that coin!

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

Now together with its family

 

[foilfinder]

Congrats, I remember reading magazine stories about finds like that, seemed like the holy grail of coins, lucky to find a mercury out west..Good luck out there.

 

[Iron Patch]

Now together with its family

Pretty killer right there! I have several of my own finds that I love like you love those, but I sure wish I could add one. But like everyone else on here you have to be happy with the best that is possible in your own area. It would be possible at an early French site here, but given we spend so little time on them now we no longer even have that small chance.

 

[JeffInMass]

Congrats on the great finds and welcome to the Mass Tree coin club!

-- Jeff --

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

Congrats on the great finds and welcome to the Mass Tree coin club!

-- Jeff --

Thanks Jeff, I've been a member of that club since 2013. This one just kept my dues up to date

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

Pretty killer right there! I have several of my own finds that I love like you love those, but I sure wish I could add one. But like everyone else on here you have to be happy with the best that is possible in your own area. It would be possible at an early French site here, but given we spend so little time on them now we no longer even have that small chance.

Yeah, you're family of King's American Regiment Buttons takes the cake! I have found zero Rev. War military buttons.

 

[david680]

I like. Banner in my book!

 

[BigWaveDave]

Incredible finds! Congrats to you, hope to he site has more waiting for you!

 

[Ahab8]

Now together with its family
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Those are some damn good looking kids you got there buddy

 

[Gridwalker306]

Wow what a find! Congrats!

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

Those are some damn good looking kids you got there buddy

Here's to hoping the family continues to grow!

 

[Z.K.]

The consistency of your finds across time is just amazing. Even without a detector (clovis)!! Happy for you, and thanks for bringing it all back to share with Tnet.

 

[Troller]

Hey on my mother's side we have the oldest wood frame house in America. It's located in Massachusetts and it was built in the 1600's. I would love to go metal detecting out there. Congrats on the amazing finds!

 

[CASPER-2]

IVE BEEN AWAY FROM PUTER ---AWESOME DAY !

 

[Eagle101]

Congrats!!! Wow. Tops on my list!!

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Now together with its family
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Lock that family in a display case, turn down the lights and check back later. More will for sure show up

Once again, incredible threepence and great to see all of them in one shot.

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

Hey on my mother's side we have the oldest wood frame house in America. It's located in Massachusetts and it was built in the 1600's. I would love to go metal detecting out there. Congrats on the amazing finds!

I just read about it the other day. Very cool.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbanks_House_(Dedham,_Massachusetts)